On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 1:40 PM, Dwayne Reid wrote: > The session titled 'Using the CCS C Compiler for Rapid Development of > Microcontroller Applications' was a very different story. This was a > hands-on lab with a couple of projects using the CCS IDE and > debugger. Even though I am definitely NOT a "C" person, I found the > labs easy to follow, understand, and do. I see myself spending some > significant time learning to use C in the near future. I highly > recommend that session for anyone who is contemplating using the CCS > compilers. CCS is nice and easy for very very quick prototyping, but I find that the code that it generates to be large and relatively inefficient compared to HI-TECH C or Microchip's own C compilers. So once you get the hang of C, yo= u should try HI-TECH and Microchip as well and see how they work for you. They're also more standards compliant I believe, and give you more "low level" support. They're also not built around the IDE and can be used very easily from the command line. C32 is based on gcc as well, so that's a bonus. --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .